Why did John Hawkes turn down Walking Dead's Governor? Commercials!

[Spooky]

"They offered me the role, and I just felt there would be someone else who could do it better. I was flattered, and I took a look at the series. It held interest for me, but I just didn't feel like I was the guy for it," he said. "I have to be careful of what TV shows I choose, particularly ones that have commercials in them, because it's going to be a different kind of television show. There are going to be sponsors. No matter how good the show is, if there are commercials, it's going to be a different show, to me. That's just my personal feeling. Yeah, it was nice of them to ask, and it's a good show, but, again, I just didn't feel I was the guy. They came to me and sent me the graphic novel and the first two seasons. I took a look at them, and just didn't feel like it was for me."

http://blastr.com/2012/04/why-did-john-hawkes-turn.php

[Spooky]

I guess doing a basic cable/network TV show would be a lot different than doing a pay cable TV show, but still, his Deadwood buddy seems to be doing pretty well on a pretty edgy basic cable show.

[AdmiralDigby]

He was great in Winter's Bone .

[Pearl@32]

He was great in Winter's Bone .

I concur. I just watched that a few weeks ago. It was gritty and didn't really have a whole lot of elapsed time for the story, but it was still compelling. He scared the gao se out of me. And Jennifer Lawrence was just a little fighter! The things she had to do to keep a house. Crazy.

[AdmiralDigby]

Ms Lawrence sparkled .